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GENOTYPE HACKING CHEMICAL ROMANCE + ART|SCI FELLOW

24 JANUARY 2013 14 FEBRUARY 2013
BROAD ART CENTER, RM 5240 BROAD ART CENTER, RM 5240

This workshop explored the genetic Art|Sci fellow Christina Agapakis led
basis of taste perception—specifically, Victoria Vesna’s Biotech + Art class
the inherited ability to taste a bitter in exploring the history, biology,
chemical. Throughout the process, we and chemistry of aphrodisiacs—from
examined the tools and techniques used medieval nutritional handbooks to
by genetics labs and, increasingly, modern biochemistry. Some of the
hobbyists and biohackers. By physically questions that facilitated the workshop
testing ourselves for this particular include: How do foods influence our
genotype we can gain the skills to moods and stimulate our senses? Are
analyze all of our genes, increasing oysters romantic placebos or vectors
our ownership of our personal data and for arousing micronutrients? Exploring
a new way to explore life in general. aphrodisiacs can tell us a lot about
how we understand nutrition and health
as well as the aesthetic and chemical
experience of foods.

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